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I can imagine ESPN doing a 9 player final table. This way with the payout structure everyone at the final table gets at least $1,000,000. I don't really have any idea if this could be true, however from a marketing perspective it would make sense at least to ESPN.

Dave

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The problems with the payout structure occur before the final table.

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the "final table" has always been 9. remember when moneymaker knocked phil ivey out with that super beat? or a guy named marcel luske? yep, they were at the final table, but not the "final table".

rj

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There's been WSOP final tables that were televised on ESPN at 6 (Nguyen, Ungar's 3rd as examples).

Kevin...

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I just hope this year's WSOP "final table" gets more than a lacking one hour episode. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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There's been WSOP final tables that were televised on ESPN at 6 (Nguyen, Ungar's 3rd as examples).

Kevin...

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If you recall, Scotty Nguyen's final table was 5 as Scotty knocked out the 7th and 6th place finishers on the same hand.

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completely agree Greg.


The jump from 9 to 8 to 7 is just plain weird.


28-45th pretty much are getting the same amount (and 46-54 is in that same range too)
And then it gets doubled from 27th to 26th.
Truly awful.


I also don't think it's necessary to give $15k at the bottom. I am assuming the logic is to give the players ITM more than just their EF (they had previously given $10k at the bottom I believe).

I think many of the players would be happy to just get their EF back....especially since many of them will have qualified online.


My only tournament was on the PPM IV. I qualified online for the $10.2k entry.
I won 'only' $5.2k with my 177th place finish and was not exactly disappointed that the money I received was just half of the EF (mostly because I never put up an EF in the first place).

Perhaps the WSOP received some complaints from players who thought that 'only' getting their EF back was kinda crappy so they decided to bump it up to $15k.

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I just hope this year's WSOP "final table" gets more than a lacking one hour episode. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Maybe the chip leader won't steamroll the final table like last year, then they'll have 2 hours of show.

Kevin...

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I just hope this year's WSOP "final table" gets more than a lacking one hour episode. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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Maybe the chip leader won't steamroll the final table like last year, then they'll have 2 hours of show.

Kevin...

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And maybe if the second place finisher doesn't call off all of his chips with hand that beats virtually nothing but a bluff...

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I'm often rather confused by some of the jumps.

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Quit whining, just do what you did last year, and this doesn't have to be an issue [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Greg,

This struck me as horrible. It should all be round figures through the final table (in 100K increments). Is there really going to be a $20 bill paid out at the final table? That's just embarrassing. Next, the rising incrememnts should increase steadily. No payout should devolve below increments of $100. Are they really going to run around asking for change in $1 bills so they can pay all those lower spots?

Being able to say they created 9 millionnaires is a good one. Of course that is only true if all nine are non-professional-gambler Canadians. Wait til the winner finds he has to pay 2.5 million in federal taxes and up to 700,000 in state taxes. Ouch.

Another possible payment scheme close to the first that satisfies all relevant details:

1 - $7,500,000 / 1

2 - $5,000.000 / 1

3 - $3,500,000 / 1

4 - $2,700,000 / 1

5 - $2,200,000 / 1

6 - $1,800,000 / 1

7 - $1,450,000 / 1

8 - $1,200,000 / 1

9 - $1,000,000 / 1

10 - $850,001 / 1

11 - $750,000 / 1

12 - $670,000 / 1

13 - $600,000 / 1

14 - $600,000 / 1

15 - $550,000 / 1

16 - $550,000 / 1

17 - $500,000 / 1

18 - $500,000 / 1

From 19 to 27 - $370,000 / 9

From 28 to 36 - $260,000 / 9

From 37 to 45 - $200,000 / 9

From 46 to 54 - $165,000 / 9

From 55 to 63 - $140,000 / 9

From 64 to 72 - $125,000 / 9

From 73 to 81 - $110,000 / 9

From 82 to 90 - $95,000 / 9

From 91 to 99 - $85,000 / 9

From 100 to 117 - $75,000 / 18

From 118 to 135 - $66,000 / 18

From 136 to 153 - $58,000 / 18

From 154 to 171 - $51,000 / 18

From 172 to 198 - $45,000 / 27

From 199 to 225 - $40,000 / 27

From 226 to 261 - $36,000 / 36

From 262 to 297 - $32,000 / 36

From 298 to 345 - $28,000 / 48

From 346 to 393 - $24,000 / 48

From 394 to 453 - $21,000 / 60

From 454 to 525 - $18,000 / 72

From 526 to 660 - $15,000 / 135

661: Stop play. Give out huge bubble trophy and a buffet comp, presented in style, with a surprise $10,000 check sponsored by somebody. It could even be worth a commercial endorsement for the right person.